Logliner MrLiteral has been criticising loglines that follow our recommended formula, which starts with: “When” + MAJOR EVENT (Inciting Incident). I was keen to understand his reasoning, and contacted him. In his response, he builds a strong case for revising ...

  Hi friends, It’s been an eternity since I wrote an article on The Story Department, my main blog. In this article I explain how you can avoid Passive Protagonist, and I even offer you a tool to fix it. ...

    We’ve done it! Together with coder – and screenwriting aficionado – Peter Boot, I have finally created the app I intended to build ten years ago. The Logline Generator does about 85% of what you need for a ...